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As I mentioned, Hungary held elections in April. While we are still wating for the new government to take over, the parliament is already up and working, and the Society for Freedom Rights is doing their work: as they pointed out, the preambulum of one of last week's bills goes as follows: "We, the members of the parliament of the Republic of Hungary, those who believe that God is the ruler of history and those who endeavour to understand history from other sources..." ("Mi, a Magyar…See More

"In Hungary, a TED-conference was organised, and the organisers invited the ID-chief to give a speech about biology. Some people wrote an open letter to suggest the guy should rather keep to religion. Now the guy is trying to get at them via their…"

"A little sotry: last year a hungarian MEP spoke abouth the cath. church trying to intervene in a law under preparation, and she was (quite disgustingly I should add) severely attacked by a romanian MEP of hungarian nationality who is a bishop of the…"

"For Germans: Kardinal Meisner has been invited by the Hungarian catholic church to the big mass in front of the "Bazilika" in Budapest on 20 August, held on National Day, where we celebrate the foundation of the Hungarian state (then…"

"In Hungary, things are a bit mixed up, partly due to a very backward-looking government (part-democracy) back in the 1930s, followed by 40 years of communism (with churches as collaborators from the 2nd half of the 1950s!).
There is no register on…"

"5) Atheists have not only gone one step further than monotheists (who are atheist about all gods except one), but if there is a god, an atheist can at least be sure not to have committed the sin of worshipping false gods."

"Move the discussion from religion to Jewish heritage... like asking your mother why these traditions are so important _for_her_ (I do hope she'll find you old enough for such a discussion). It's not necessarily a bad idea to try to…"

"I agree that this is bullying.
To me, it seems the problem is basically about Jewish identity and keeping your Jewish heritage. I also guess this urge to remain Jewish albeit without belief may be deeper than for christians because of Jewish…"

"I agree with Sophy but suggest to discuss this topic thoroughly one last time and then openly refuse to discuss it again whenever your father brings it up, eg by asking if he has anything new to add to what you've already discussed.
However, I…"

"I can't remember ever believing in any kind of god, and I became aware of that at 7 or 8. As I didn't want to make any fuss (catholic family, my father regularly went to church, but not my mother), I didn't tell anyone at the time;…"

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As I mentioned, Hungary held elections in April. While we are still wating for the new government to take over, the parliament is already up and working, and the Society for Freedom Rights is doing their work: as they pointed out, the preambulum of one of last week's bills goes as follows: "We, the members of the parliament of the Republic of Hungary, those who believe that God is the ruler of history and those who endeavour to understand history from other sources..." ("Mi, a Magyar… Continue